Admissions

Although Stoke Minster CE(A) Primary School is its own admission authority, Stoke on Trent City Council is responsible for the organisation of the admission process and this is co-ordinated by them using the Common Application Form and timetable.

How old should your child be when they start school

In accordance with the School Admissions Code 2014 it states the following:-

Admission authorities must provide for the admission of all children in the September following their fourth birthday. The authority must make it clear in their arrangements that, where they have offered a child a place at school:

a) that child is entitled to a full-time place in September following their fourth birthday;

b) the child's parents can defer the date their child is admitted to the school until later in the school year but not beyond the point at which they reach compulsory school age and not beyond the beginning of the final term of the school year for which it was made; and

c) where the parents wish, children may attend part-time until later in the school year but not beyond the point at which they reach compulsory school age.

At Stoke Minster we have a Nursery with 39 places and 2 Reception classes with 60 places in total. Children come into our Nursery class in September and they must already be 3 by the 1 September in order to be eligible for admission. For the Reception class, children must be 4 by the 1 September of the year of admission. Nursery children will have their fourth birthday and Reception children will have their fifth birthday during the school year.

Our Admissions Policies can be found on this site under Important Information>Policies>Non-curriculum Policies.More information is available from the Stoke on Trent City Council website on:

You will be able to complete on-line application forms on the Stoke on Trent site once the annual process opens.

Registering your interest in a place at our school

If your child isn't old enough to start school yet, you may register an interest in a place by contacting us. When your child is old enough, we will get in touch with you so that you can make sure that you get the application details in good time.

Registering an interest in the school does not give your child priority for a place just because their name has been down longer than any other child.

If your child is already at school and you wish to apply for a school place outside the year of entry please contact us to see if places are available in your child's year group. Moving schools is not encouraged because it does disrupt your child's education but there are occasions, such as house moves where this is unavoidable and we do our best to support new children to help them make friends and settle down as quickly as possible. Notes on the process and a copy of the In-Year application are available on this site, but please get in touch for more information.